In his speech, the Prime Minister cited instances of black people changing their names just to find work by ‘whitening their CVs’.
The Home Secretary has criticised several forces for inadequate recruitment of ethnic minority candidates.
For all the Government’s failures, she was making a bold, brave argument. It may offend the zeitgeist within the M25, but it resonates in the bigger Britain.
The next election may see increasingly distinct pitches from each of the parties towards sections of the latter.
Corbyn’s election has all at once overtly politicised and alienated an entire community that has long been an integral part of British society.
An increase in refugees should be mirrored by a reduction in other migration. This won’t happen – and the Government is showing that it buckles under pressure.
His passionate defence of the welfare state runs counter to values that are truly embedded in their psyche: self-reliance, personal responsibility, entrepreneurialism.
The equivalent of 250,000 people every year are stopped and subjected to hugely intrusive searches without the police sticking to the rules.
The smokescreen of community politics has been used to divide and divert in Tower Hamlets for far too long.
As anti-Semitic violence returns to the Old Continent, the Sephardic Jews who repopulated France are leaving in droves. Europe may this time be left truly soulless.
With a young and diverse electorate, Tory challenges in London today auger national troubles tomorrow. We need a candidate who can change perceptions of our party.
Plus: Go, Corbyn, go! Go, Zac, go! Happy Birthday, IEA. Racism in America. Welfare in Britain. And: If Wellington had lost, we’d all be speaking French.
“There is now much more diversity within our ranks – BME candidates within the Cabinet, for example.”
To begin with, we should stop engaging with community leaders, and engage with BME voters directly.